It’s been a long time since I’ve been motivated to go to a hotel bar in NYC, and even longer that I’ve […]

While we commonly turn to pharmaceuticals for a variety of problems, the truth is many of us are looking to limit the […]

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Matt Hutson and Gary Schrader’s band here is called ” indie/noise rockers” in their press and I’d say if there was one criticism I had about these obviously well written and played tunes, it is that the mix is very loud and in your face; for my tastes too much so at times. Despite the noise thought, I think you’ll dig checking into the tune rooms of Pleasant Grove Hotel.

On Friday, June 14th, legendary musician Perry Farrell and his Kind Heaven Orchestra played a combination of new material and older songs […]

Before hitting it huge with their 1973, The Dark Side Of The Moon album, ‘The Floyd’ was undergoing a great crisis of songwriting and identity trying to extricate itself from the influence of Pink Floyd’s leader, Syd Barrett. As infamous these days for his bout with madness and then reclusiveness post his Floyd years, a cult has grown up around Barrett, with many people divided, as Kopp makes clear, over what version of the band they like best, pre or post Barrett.

Vancouver-based industrial legends Front Line Assembly have returned with a full-length album, Wake Up The Coma. Featuring several guest artists, including D.A.F.’s […]

Live casinos are a recent form of gaming, representing the action that takes place in the traditional casinos. In this offering, the […]

Directed by Scott Elliott, Happy Talk proves to be another great play of damaged characters written by actor/author/playwright Eisenberg…and great way to see Sarandon making an off-Broadway stage her own.

We’re giving away one prize package to see the new film Indignation, now playing in New York, Los Angeles, and in select […]

Calling all fans of wine, Portuguese wine to be exact. For the third year in a row, The Vinho Verde Wine Experience […]

Our friends at Goliath Books, that great German publisher of photographic naughtiness, present a new visual treat of specific porn with their new History of Sexual Punishment in Pictures. Certainly not everyone’s cup of tea, still what we have here is some 270 pictures (240 of those images monochrome, that’s how old some of them are) plus text in German, English about sexual pleasure derived from flagellation of one sort or another.